Naomi Neilson

ASIC has secured further orders to preserve assets linked to a NSW accountant and former solicitor accused of lacking the appropriate “judgement, skill or character” for financial services.

Amid facing a number of disciplinary investigations, a counsel has accused the Legal Services Commissioner of discrimination.

A former teacher and drug dealer whose crimes were revealed after the murder of two people in his home has been indefinitely prohibited from returning to the classroom.

The drawn-out dispute between the Timor-Leste government and an Australian energy company has come to an end with the latter's failure to provide $1.3 million in security for costs.

In what was lauded as a win for freedom of political expression, proceedings filed against an SBS newsreader for social media posts about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have come to an end.

A bar association has criticised a King's Counsel for publicly blaming Victoria's “out of control” crime rate on what he claimed was politically motivated judicial appointments.

The High Court refused to revisit a failed damages claim arising from negligent legal advice on a pre-marriage financial agreement.

Up to 7,000 workers may be eligible for a class action that accuses BHP of unlawfully making them work on public holidays.

A Hobart lawyer's excuses for charging his clients absent a costs agreement demonstrated a lack of understanding of his professional and ethical obligations, a disciplinary board found.

A veteran barrister who harassed a former colleague in a group chat by mocking her confidential mental health issues has been disbarred.